Meet your pocket-sized therapist

Aug 28, 2025Sarah Armstrong
Meet your pocket-sized therapist
Sometimes, life hands you sh*t on a plate. PMS, traffic, passive-aggressive bosses, tax bills, existential dread… all coming at you like dodgeballs.

But instead of rage-texting your frenemy or crying into your pasta bowl, what if you could roll on the good stuff and snap the f*ck out of it?

That’s the magic of essential oil rollers. They won’t cure your entire life, but they will hack into your limbic system (aka the mood-control panel in your brain). 

Smells can literally shift your emotional state faster than tequila on an empty stomach. Add the ritual of swiping oils over your pulse points + actually breathing for once, and suddenly you’ve got a nervous system intervention in your pocket.

So… which Emotional Support Roller is calling your name? Let’s meet the crew

person in lotus position CHILL THE F*CK OUT

When your cortisol’s throwing a rave and you need to shut the party down.
This roller is basically DND mode for your nervous system.
  • Frankincense calms ya farm
  • Patchouli relaxes your squirrel brain
  • Sandalwood grounds your wobbles
  • Myrrh tells anxiety to shhh
  • Geranium reins in your stressy outbursts

Swipe on wrists, temples, heart or anywhere your stress demon is clocking overtime. Breathe in, exhale like a dramatic queen and bask in the weighted-blanket vibes.

loudly crying face FML

When life’s a relentless circus and you’re the unwilling clown.
Your rock-bottom panic button in a roller.
  • Frankincense dials down the mental soap opera
  • Sandalwood drags you out of the spin cycle
  • Lavender hushes your nervous twitch
It’s an oily intervention so you don’t throw a stapler at someone. Keep it handy for traffic jams, Karens, and meetings that should’ve been emails.

flexed biceps SORE AS F*CK

When beast mode felt good yesterday but today you can’t sit without swearing.
An SOS for your post-gym body.
  • Wintergreen + peppermint = icy assassins for muscle pain
  • Lavender = tells your aching body to shut the f*ck up
Roll it over screaming shoulders, trembling quads or hamstrings that feel personally victimised. Limp less, pretend you didn’t almost weep mid-lunge.

tangerine ZERO F*CKS

When adulting is cancelled and your to-do list can choke.
This is your citrus-scented resignation letter.
  • Bergamot + orange wrap you in a bright cloud of giving less f*cks
  • Frankincense adds a whirl of apathy
It’s borderline therapeutic how good being unbothered feels. Roll it on, sniff and let the world handle itself.

person gesturing NO LEAVE ME THE F*CK ALONE

When everyone’s breathing too loud and you can’t move to a cave (yet).
Your energetic f*ck-off in a bottle.
  • Grapefruit shakes off the sludge
  • Cedarwood keeps you from throwing hands
  • Geranium tells idiots to back off
Doesn’t stop dumbasses from contacting you, but wraps your fried soul in a citrus-scented cloak of boundaries.

exploding head WTAF

When life’s kicked you in the tits and you’re one laundry pile away from disappearing.
Not your grandma’s floral, this is a ctrl+alt+delete for your nervous system.
  • Nerolina + ylang ylang cancel chaos
Roll it on pulse points, breathe deep, and downgrade “what the actual f*ck” to “meh, whatever.”

glowing star YOU

When you’ve forgotten you’re That Bitch™.
This is pure citrus-fuelled self-worship.
  • Lemon revives your spirit
  • Bergamot boosts your confidence
  • Orange slaps your aura awake
Swipe it, sniff it, bask in your own brilliance. Adjust your invisible crown and get back to being the main character.

How to Use ‘Em

  1. Roll onto wrists, temples, behind ears or over your heart.
  2. Breathe like you actually want oxygen in your body. (Long inhale, dramatic sigh out)
  3. Repeat as needed — i.e. every time life is cooked.

Feel like you’re a different mood every day of the week? You probably need our Emotional Support Crew, babe. All 7 vibes for all 7 meltdowns. 

Roll on. Rage less. Repeat.


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